By The SUN
 |
| The iconic ceiling of Iron Fairies bar, where 11 patrons have tested positive for Covid-19 (FB photo) |
Health officials have
disclosed a new Covid-19 outbreak at a second bar in Central, where at least 11
customers have been infected.
Speaking at the press
briefing on Sunday, Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection identified
the second bar as Iron Fairies, located at the Chinachem building on Hollywood
Road.
 |
| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
Yesterday, Au said a cluster
of 11 cases was found among patrons of the Zentral bar at California Tower in
Lan Kwai Fong. Today, four more cases were detected there, raising the tally to 15.
While all the infected customers
had been to either bar on May 21 until early the next day, there was no
indication that the two outbreaks were related. Au said they have yet to find
people who had been to both places.
 |
| PINDUTIN PARA SA DETALYE |
As each bar had about 700
customers that night, he said there was a chance that more infections will
emerge.
"The earliest case had
onset of the disease on 23 May. However, we suspect that some of the cases
might not be reported to us yet, or they had not been tested yet," Au said.
A compulsory testing order has been issued on
everyone who had been to either bar on the indicated dates.
 |
| HOW? PINDUTIN LANG ANG PICTURE |
Au reported that 237 additional Covid-19 cases were confirmed yesterday, raising the tally in the fifth wave of infections to nearly 1.2 million.
Among the new cases, 37 were imported, and 19 of these were identified at the airport while 16 tested positive at quarantine hotels.
 |
| BAN ON FLIGHTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES LIFTED ON APRIL 1. BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS NOW! PRESS FOR DETAILS |
The patients had flown in from the United States,
Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
There were no new
Covid-related deaths, so the overall tally remains at 9,163.
 | |
|
Two nurses working at the
trauma and orthopedics ward at Tuen Mun hospital have tested positive for Covid.
The ward has stopped
accepting new patients while authorities try to trace the source of the
infections.
 |
| PADALA NA! |
